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French term or phrase:	boissellerie
English translation:	wood products (sector/industry)
Entered by:	Patrick and Carol Collins

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9:43am Oct 2, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / wood manufacturing

French term or phrase: boissellerie

We know what this industry makes (all sorts of wooden objects from barrels to cheese boxes, poles and carts) but what is it called in English as an inustry or sector? All help appreciated! Woodworking doesn't seem to cover it.

Patrick and Carol Collins

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Questions: 48 (1 open)
Answers: 35

Switzerland

Clarification request(s) and response

Tony M: 9:51am Oct 2, 2007: I have come up against this problem several times before, and never really found one single satisfactory solution. I have usually found an explanation is the best way out...
French2English: 10:11am Oct 2, 2007: Well, my Harraps (which you've probably checked!) says: 'bushel making' for boissellerie' ! Never quite sure what a bushel is - thought it was an oldey worldey measurement of some sort... but anyway, just thought I'd drop you a line!
Patrick and Carol Collins: 10:21am Oct 2, 2007: Bushel - I remember my parents buying a bushel of apples every fall in the Niagra Peninsula - its apparently bulk measurement equalling 35.24 litres ;-) It held a lot of apples. But, those wooded bushels would certainly be made by the boissellerie industy! Thanks for your help! PS they were lovely apples too!

wood products

Explanation:
Another possibility.

Selected response from:

Ben Gaia
New Zealand

Note from asker to answerer

Hey, we like this, thanks. We shall just add sector. It is a tossup between this and the woodworking sector, both are good.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

white cooperage

Dolores Vázquez

wood products

Ben Gaia

wooden ware

Miranda Joubioux

woodworking sector

Melzie

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

white cooperage

Explanation:
An option.

Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do

Dolores Vázquez
Spain
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, we saw that too, but it seems to refer mostly to barrels and such. Here we are talking about cheese and wine boxes, wooden spoons, posts for vinyards, etc.

2 hrs confidence:

wooden ware

Explanation:
Found by accident in the entry under wooden spoon here
http://www.conceptexplore.com/xml_files/html_files/DictFile_...
Also here listed as an economic activity
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods_quality/sic/indexW.asp

This certainly applies to cheese boxes, wine boxes, wooden spoons, etc.
However, posts and carts are a little more bothersome, hence my low confidence

Miranda Joubioux
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

woodworking sector

Explanation:
I've googled this idea with quite a lot of hits.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-02 12:33:45 GMT)
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I know you said it didn't cover it, but perhaps adding sector or the likes is the only thing you can do to encompass everthing... depending on your context you could use Miranda's woodenwares but this really seems to be for smaller items.

Melzie
France
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: This is pretty close. We have also now found the woodworking industry as the manufacture of decorative and utilitarian objects .

2 days23 hrs confidence:

wood products

Explanation:
Another possibility.

Ben Gaia
New Zealand
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Note from asker to answerer

Hey, we like this, thanks. We shall just add sector. It is a tossup between this and the woodworking sector, both are good.

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French: boissellerie

English translation: wood products (sector/industry)